Shirt



Oct. 19, 1943.

J. J. DE MARCO SHIRT Filed June 13, 1940 In ve'htor A iforneys Patented Oct. 19, 1943 f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT Joseph J. De Marco, Pawtucket, R. I.

Application June 13, 1940, Serial No. 340,351 1 Claim. (01. 2-122) My invention relates to improvements in mens outer shirts, and particularly full dress shirts, and the primary object of my invention is to provide a slip-over type of shirt of superior comfort and adjustability.

. Other important objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description taken in connection with the appended drawing, wherein for purposes of illustration I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawing' Figure 1 is a general front elevational view of the embodiment.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional view taken through Figur 2 approximately on the line 33.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 generally designates the shirt which comprises a front apron '6 which has a gradually downwardly tapered form from the armhole regions I and is provided in its upper central part with a ducktail-shaped bosom panel 8 which is suitably sewed thereto as indicated by the numeral 9 and at In at the upper edge of the apron. The bosom 8 is provided with a vertical opening extending through the upper end thereof and terminating at H on a line with the lower edge of the bosom. The overlapping portions [2 and i3, respectively, of the bosom opening are provided with registering stud receiving holes M, I4.

The back of the shirt is composed of a yoke consisting of the trapezoidal sections l5, l6, respectively, which have their inner edges joined together at I! and have their upper edges joined at l8 with the rear edge of the collar yoke sections l9 corresponding thereto. The lower edges are bound as indicated by the numeral 20 and slope upwardly and laterally inwardly. The

edges of the front apron 6 are similarly bound 1 or edged as indicated by the numeral 2|.

Arms 22 and 23, respectively, are attached as indicated by the numerals 24 to the armhole portlons on the laterally outward edges of the apron 6, to the laterally outward edges of the collar yokes l9, and to the armhole portions on the laterally outward edges of the sections l5 and iii of the rear yoke, as shown in the drawing. The upper edges of the apron 6 are secured to the forward edges of the collar yoke sections as indicated by the numerals 25.

A standing collar 26 is connected a indicated by the numeral 21 to the inner ends of the collar yoke sections .19, to the upper edges of the sections l5 and iii of the rear yoke, and to the upper edges of the bosom B, as indicated.

Straps 28 and 29, respectively, are attached to the opposite lateral edges of the lower part of the front apron 6, one of these having a buckle 36 to fasten the end of the other strap around the sides and back of the wearer, the buckle or the like afiording the necessary adjustment to provide the desired degree of snugness of the general fit of the shirt.

It will be observed that in donning the present shirt, the bosom opening is opened and the garment passed over the head of the wearer. When this is achieved the wearer may apply one hand to the back of the front of the bosom without disarranging or rumpling the shirt, to install the studs in the opening M to close the bosom opening and when this has been accomplished, the apron of the shirt may be brought down in place and the straps 28 and 29 connected. The tabs on the collar 26 are provided wth openings to receive an ordinary collar button.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that Ido not desire to limit the application to the precise structural and functional details herein described and shown, except as may be required by the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

A shirt comprising a front apron of a length to depend below the waist, a bosom inset in the upper portion of said apron and vertically split through the upper end thereof to provide for opening the same, a collar yoke section for covering the shoulders and having front side edges stitched to the upper edge of said apron and bosom, a rear yoke for covering the shoulder blade and upper back regions comprising a pair of elongated panel sections having parallel outer and inner ends and upper and lower parallel side edges oblique to said ends, the inner ends of the panels being stitched together in the middle of r the back in a vertical seam, and the upper side edges of said panels being stitched to the rear edges of said collar yoke, said apron, collar yoke JOSEPH J. DE MARCQ' 

